Chess Players Now On Steroids Watchlist. Next Up? Spelling Bee Dorks

Technicalities suck. They got OJ off, and now they’re letting Chess club nerds feel as bad ass as their natural enemy–the jock. That’s because since Chess and Bridge are recognized by the International Olympic Committee as sports (really? even before baseball is?), the organizers of the upcoming World Mind Games feel that they need to test their “athletes” for performance enhancing drugs. See, you let the National Spelling Bee get broadcast on ESPN, and the all of a sudden every nerdlinger thinks they’re Barry Bonds.

Drugs tests will be in place at the first-ever World Mind Sports Games in Beijing in October, the International Mind Sports Association said on Wednesday.

“Bridge and chess are recognised by the International Olympic Committee and we have the obligation and duty to sign the World Anti-Doping Agency code,” IMSA president Jose Damiani said. “So we will proceed in Beijing with anti-doping tests.”

So what are the steroids and HGH of Chess–some crystal meth and Adderall, because we know a good test for that. If they finish their matches and want to clean the bathroom or take a long run afterwards, they’re jucin’ like a MF’er.
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